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Short CommunicationThe First Record of the Non-Native West African Lungfish, Protopterus annectens (Owen, 1839), in Poyang Lake, China
Jinming Wu, Wen Xiong, Dong Xie, Xiaoping Gao, Haile Yang
The West African lungfish, Protopterus annectens (Owen, 1839), is native to western, central, eastern and southern Africa. This species has been recently introduced to many countries and regions through the ornamental fish trade. Two individuals of West Africa…
7 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20230104000144
Short CommunicationLength-Weight Relationships of Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Around the World
Wenqian Sun, Xiaohao Shi, Guangcan Lin, Xingyu Chen, Kamran Anwar Tanwari, Chunyang Zhao et al.
The Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) has been introduced to various countries as a cultured species. Recently, it has been distributed on all continents except Antarctica and Australia, and has a high invasion risk. The invasion of O. niloticus has threa…
7 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20230530080554
Short CommunicationTick Parasitism in Several Japanese Tits in the Zuojia Nature Reserve, Jilin Province, China
Mingju E, Kaiyan Li, Fangbing Liu, Lumeng Xu, Duo Liu
Ticks as highly specialized blood-sucking arthropods have been reported to parasitize birds. However, in Paridae, there are only reported tick parasitism cases in a few species. In May-July 2023, four adult Japanese tits (Parus minor) were found to be parasiti…
7 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20240916165210
Short CommunicationKits Performance of Hyla, Hycole and its Reciprocal Crossbreds in Tropical Climates
Bram Brahmantiyo, Henny Nuraini, Komarudin, Nurul Pratiwi, Ferdy Saputra
Fast growth can reduce production costs so that the price of rabbit meat is cheaper. In order to achieve rapid growth, crossbreeding programs are widely used to produce broiler rabbits. Evaluation of the growth of kits is needed to see their genetic potential…
7 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20220813130825
Short CommunicationFirst Record of a Completely Albinotic (OCA Type 1) Wild Lesser Jerboa, Jaculus jaculus in the World from Saudi Arabia
Abdulaziz R. Alqahtani, Fouad Abdel Hamid
Albinism is a deficiency in melanin production due to genetic anomalies, which appear as the lack of coloration of part or in the whole body of an organism. These conditions are rare in wild animal populations. Here, we report the world’s first record of…
7 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20230923090848
Research ArticleReproductive Biology of Triplophysa (Hedinichthys) Yarkandensis (Day) in the Tarim River, China
Xinyue Wang, Na Yao, Chengxin Wang, Shengao Chen, Yong Song, Fangze Zi et al.
Triplophysa (Hedinichthys) yarkandensis (Day) is one of the most common fish in the Tarim River and is commercially important for the local fishing industry. In this study, we investigated the reproductive biology of T. yarkandensis. Totally, 940 individuals w…
7 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20230217050218
Short CommunicationComparative Analysis of Carcass Traits of Three Egg Quail Populations (Coturnix coturnix)
Ying Lei, Xin Le Wang, Jun Yan Bai, Jing Yun Li, Zhi Hao Dong, Yu Chen et al.
At the 20th week, body weight, carcass weight, liver weight and dressing percentage of Korean quail are significantly higher than those of the rest two quail species (P<0.05). The whole net carcass weight and whole net carcass rate of China yellow quail are…
7 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200922080900
ReviewCurrent Insight into Nosema Disease of Honeybees and Their Future Prospective
Hamed A. Ghramh, Khalid Ali Khan
Honeybees (Apis mellifera) play a crucial role in global agriculture and ecosystem stability through pollination services. However, their populations have faced numerous threats in recent years, with Nosema disease emerging as a significant concern. Nosema is…
7 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20230912063652
ReviewEtiology and Treatment of the Nutritional Fatty Liver in Fish: A Review
Xiaoyu Zhao, Weijun Chen, Kuo Chang, Ping Sun, Shiyang Gao
Nutritional fatty liver disease in cultured fish has seriously restricted the sustainable development of aquaculture due to its adverse effects on fish growth, immune function, and the safety of fish products. This review aims to provide a theoretical basis fo…
7 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20230301120341
Reviewβ-diversity Patterns of Bird Communities in Natural Protected Areas in Anhui by Separating the Turnover and Nestedness Components
Kai Dong, Huidong Xu, Yongmin Li, Jianchun Zhang, Weigen Wang, Dongwei Li
β-diversity can be used to measure the differences between sites at spatial scales to reflect the variability of species composition. Therefore, understanding β-diversity is necessary to protect regional diversity and improve conservation strategies.…
7 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20230412120421
Research ArticleDNA Barcoding of Pest Rodents: An Approach in Integrated Rodent Pest Management
R.L. Rengarajan, G. Archunan, B. Balamuralikrishnan, I. Peatrise Geofferina, A. Vijaya Anand
The most significant vertebrate pests in agriculture are rodents and their habitation, dispersal, mass, and productive importance differs depending upon the intake of crops, climatic seasons, and terrestrial areas across India. Molecular identification using D…
5 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20230326110308- Research Article
Adaptation to Heat Stress in Broilers Using Dried Tomato Pomace and Zinc: Effects on Growth Performance, Oxidative Stress, Intestinal Features and Humoral Immunity
Mehreen Dost Muhammad, Naila Chand, Shabana Naz, Ibrahim A. Alhidary, Assar Ali Shah, Rifat Ullah Khan et al.
Dried tomato pomace (DTP) is a low-cost and nutritionally beneficial byproduct of tomato processing that is obtained during the production of tomato paste. This research aimed to assess the impact of Zinc (Zn) and DTP supplementation on the growth, carcass qua…
5 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20220308070343 
Research ArticleLake Batur Icthyofauna in Bali, Indonesia
Rudhy Gustiano, Gadis Sri Haryani, Siti Aisyah, I Wayan Arthana, Haryono Haryono, Tegoeh Noegroho et al.
The largest lake on the island of Bali is Lake Batur. Fish diversity in Lake Batur is still not well understood. In order to offer correct information on the diversity of species that occur there, this research intends to update the record of fish diversity in…
5 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/H20230125030117
Research ArticleAmeliorative Effect of Alpha Lipoic Acid on Manganese-Induced Testicular Dysfunction
Wassan Mhammed Husain, Raghad Raad Hwidyii, Ali Mosa Rashid Al-Yasari
Our study was performed to determine if alpha lipoic acid (ALA) may increase sperm quality in manganese-treated and healthy adult rats. A total of 24 adult rats, randomly assigned to four groups, were administered the following treatments for 56 days. G1: cont…
5 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20240328184605
Research ArticleScreening and Analysis of Immune Genes Related to Disease Resistance in Tibetan Plateau Sheep
Xiaohui Chen, Qing Li, Ming Kang, Xiaolong He, Shuqin Xu, Guisheng Ye
Total RNA was extracted from healthy spleen tissues from Tibetan sheep of type plateau and small-tailed Han sheep. After mRNA purification and segmentation, cDNA was synthesized for Illumina high-throughput sequencing. The quality of the filtered raw data was…
5 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200428000435
Research ArticleToxicity of Dietary Non-biodegadable Microplastics on Growth Performance, Carcass Composition, Nutrient Digestibility and Hematology of Labeo rohita
Eram Rashid, Syed Makhdoom Hussain, Salma Sultana, Muhammad Asrar, Majid Hussain
Microplastics (MPs) pollution is one of the major environmental problems facing the world today. Concerns over the harmful effects of MPs on aquatic life has grown. The current study was carried out to assess the toxic effects of non-biodegradable MPs on growt…
5 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20230511160518
Research ArticleBone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Conditioned Medium Supplementation Improves In Vitro Maturation and Subsequent Embryonic Development of Buffalo Oocytes
Jun Zhang, Meizhen Ou, Yingqi Li, Junming Sun, Yiqiang Ouyang
Previous studies have shown that conditioned medium of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) improved in vitro maturation (IVM) of mouse oocytes. However, the effects of BMSC-conditioned medium (BMCM) on IVM and subsequent embryonic development of…
2 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20241208092220
Research ArticleLoss-of-Genetic-Polymorphism-in-Hatchery-Produced
Hina Amjad, Khalid Abbas, Sajid Abdullah, Muhammad Anjum Zia
Preservation of genetic variations is critical to maintain the evolutionary potential and fitness of fish populations. The purpose of the present study was to assess the genetic structure of eight different hatchery populations of Cirrhinus mrigala based on mi…
2 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20211012081005
Research ArticleCopper Oxide Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Their Biological Effects on Microbial and Cancer Cells
Mosleh Mohammad Abomughaid
Nanomaterials applications in diverse fields are growing annually. The present study aimed to synthesize copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) and assess their biological impact on microbial and cancer cells. Synthesized nanoparticles are characterized using Fo…
2 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20240318172852
Research ArticleObserving Pollinator Attraction to Winter Annual Flowering Plants in an Urban Ecosystem
Muhammad Talha Ahmad, Mudssar Ali, Shafqat Saeed, Gulzar Akhtar, Fawad Zafar Ahmad Khan
Pollination is an important ecosystem service as 87% of angiosperm plants are dependent on insect pollinators, particularly bees, for their fruit and seed production. However, the pollinators are experiencing a global decline, mainly due to a shortage of food…
2 Apr 2025DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20220130160145